Clinical implications of stigma in HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
Int J STD AIDS
; 21(3): 158-60, 2010 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20215618
ABSTRACT
This study sought to identify stigma differences between HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Interviewees from Alabama, USA (n = 537) rated two types of stigma (damage to social reputation and 'moral weakness') for seven infections ranging from 'nuisance' conditions (e.g. pubic lice) to life-threatening disease (e.g. HIV/AIDS). When asked which of the seven STIs would be most damaging to reputation, 74.8% of respondents chose HIV/AIDS. However, when asked to choose which STI represented moral weakness in infected persons, HIV/AIDS was rated as significantly lower than the other STIs, which suggests that HIV/AIDS is perceived differently than non-HIV STIs. This study addresses the possibility that advances in public awareness of HIV/AIDS have not necessarily been extrapolated into awareness of other STIs. Clinicians should be aware of these high levels of stigma as potential barriers to treatment for all STIs. Public health officials should consider the impact of undifferentiated stigma on STI prevention messages.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Preconceito
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Estereotipagem
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J STD AIDS
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article